AU2533099A - Liquid crystal light modulator - Google Patents

Liquid crystal light modulator

Info

Publication number: AU2533099A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: liquid crystal; light modulator; crystal light; modulator; liquid
Prior art date: 1998-02-13
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU25330/99A

Inventor

Timothy Andrew Large

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Technology Partnership PLC

Original Assignee

Technology Partnership PLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1998-02-13

Filing date

1999-02-12

Publication date

1999-08-30

1999-02-12 Application filed by Technology Partnership PLC filed Critical Technology Partnership PLC

1999-08-30 Publication of AU2533099A publication Critical patent/AU2533099A/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
- G02F1/292—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection by controlled diffraction or phased-array beam steering
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F2203/00—Function characteristic
- G02F2203/02—Function characteristic reflective

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Nonlinear Science (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Mathematical Physics (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
Liquid Crystal (AREA)

AU25330/99A 1998-02-13 1999-02-12 Liquid crystal light modulator Abandoned AU2533099A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB9803157		1998-02-13
GBGB9803157.8A GB9803157D0 (en)	1998-02-13	1998-02-13	Liquid crystal light modulator
PCT/GB1999/000436 WO1999041639A1 (en)	1998-02-13	1999-02-12	Liquid crystal light modulator

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2533099A true AU2533099A (en)	1999-08-30

Family

ID=10826993

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU25330/99A Abandoned AU2533099A (en)	1998-02-13	1999-02-12	Liquid crystal light modulator

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1053503A1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2533099A (en)
GB (1)	GB9803157D0 (en)
WO (1)	WO1999041639A1 (en)

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1998
- 1998-02-13 GB GBGB9803157.8A patent/GB9803157D0/en not_active Ceased
1999
- 1999-02-12 WO PCT/GB1999/000436 patent/WO1999041639A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-02-12 EP EP99905023A patent/EP1053503A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1999-02-12 AU AU25330/99A patent/AU2533099A/en not_active Abandoned

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP1053503A1 (en)	2000-11-22
WO1999041639A1 (en)	1999-08-19
GB9803157D0 (en)	1998-04-08

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2000-10-26	MK6	Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase